The idea of quiet clean drones replacing noisy fireworks that leave a trail of toxic chemicals and paper behind is an idea whose time has come. However, we humans are slow to change, and nothing acts slower than government.
People who reported frequently encountering, commenting on or sharing political content online consistently exhibited the highest overall levels of political stress in our survey, compared with those who primarily consumed political information passively and without engaging.
At seventy-eight, I carry more gratitude than certainty that nonviolence will prevail, yet I live with the unshakable conviction that violence, its alternative, must be resisted, especially during this tumultuous period in American history.
Though long out of print and now a work in the public domain, the wisdom in the stories from "Rainbow Boy" are as timeless and essential as the spirit of change itself. Read the back story of how a character in "Rainbow Boy" is the namesake for Spirit of Change Magazine.
Information arrives fast, loud, and fragmented. It’s designed to grab attention, provoke reaction, and then make room for the next thing. Wisdom, on the other hand, moves slowly. It requires context, memory, and a willingness to hold competing truths in the mind.
We are long past making sure no one’s feelings get hurt when it comes to really digging into what is happening to our children. We have important work to do — work that can only be done by grown-ups willing to take full responsibility for what they are bringing to the table.
We’re trained to distrust enough, to see it as settling, complacency, or as the enemy of ambition. But for most of human history, enough wasn’t a failure state: it was a goal. Enough meant survival with dignity, security without hoarding.
The eighth chakra for animals is their ecosystem, their morphic resonance, their own field of energy connected to the bigger field. In many ways, the eighth chakra represents the home of instinct that we humans have dulled.
Personal growth isn’t meant to feel like a life sentence. It’s meant to support us in becoming more whole, present, and alive. If you’ve been feeling tired of “working on yourself,” it doesn’t mean something has gone wrong.
Chinese cosmology and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) uses a combination of animals and elements to describe how energy moves and expresses itself over time. The Year of the Fire Horse is a rare combination that appears only once every 60 years and is associated with strong, active, and outward-moving energy.
Old-souled people tend to value different things: depth over reach, meaning over metrics, and continuity over disruption. They’re less interested in what’s new than in what endures. Less concerned with being seen than with seeing clearly.
If intuition feels unreliable, it’s not because it failed you. It’s because the relationship hasn’t been given space to grow in a world that rarely slows down.
Often, we dismiss our own early traumas as insignificant because we think that others had it so much worse. You need not measure your trauma against the trauma of others. Your experience, and the unfortunate imprinting that has remained ever since, is valid and worthy of your love and attention.
Learning to sit with discomfort isn’t about becoming stoic or detached. It’s about becoming honest. Honest with the body, the heart, and about what is being asked of us in that particular moment of our lives.
"Peace is not something to be found outside; it must be cultivated from within. Even in a divided world, peace is possible — not because the world changes, but because our hearts change."
Something extraordinary is happening across the planet — sometimes quietly and subtly, and sometimes not so quiet or subtle. People are waking up. Not in the poetic sense, not in the motivational‑poster sense, but in a deeply personal and, at times, disorienting way.
When you find yourself in the middle of an emotional storm, remember that you don't have to fix everything at once. Sometimes, the most spiritual thing you can do is just breathe, pull a card, or listen to the silence.
Demand for home health care, including at-home hospice care, has skyrocketed since the onset of the covid pandemic, as has the number of family caregivers. An estimated 63 million people in the U.S. provided care over the previous year to another person with a medical condition or disability.
Do you journal? Are you contemplating a return to journaling after a hiatus? It’s easy to receive these seven benefits journaling has to offer with a few simple prompts to get you started.
They weren't nuns. They weren't wives. They built their own communities where women could own property, earn money, and leave whenever they wanted —in medieval Europe, when women had almost no rights at all.
How can you increase your willpower and fulfill your New Year’s promise to yourself? These seven strategies are based on behavioral science with hundreds of people trying to achieve their long-term goals.
There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
For years, I believed tarot was about prediction — glimpses into what might happen next. Over time, I realized the cards were doing something far more powerful: reflecting the conversation already happening beneath the surface.
When we’re stuck, the instinct is often to push harder or search for what’s wrong with us. But what if stuck-ness isn’t a personal failure or something to be fixed? Explore the five elements as a compassionate pathway to release stuck-ness and reconnect with natural awareness.
As winter begins, the stars hint at the dawn of a new era for humankind. We are privileged to witness rare and previously unknown astrological events.
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